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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 450 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 31
  2. 2.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 29 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) −13
  5. 5.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 76
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −3
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  9. 9.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 34 (c) −8 (d) 8
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 24
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 21
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 19 (d) 29
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 37
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 41
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) 35
  25. 25.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 35
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 7
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 7
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 10
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) −21
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) −19
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) −23 (d) 13
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 39 (c) 9 (d) −9
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 18 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −13
  3. −3
  4. −23
  5. −18
  6. −3
  7. −11
  8. 21
  9. 8
  10. −1
  11. 1
  12. 30
  13. 30
  14. −11
  15. 39
  16. 29
  17. −4
  18. 27
  19. 6
  20. 10
  21. −15
  22. 2
  23. −4
  24. 25
  25. −1
  26. −9
  27. −3
  28. 7
  29. 3
  30. 7
  31. 28
  32. −11
  33. −8
  34. 10
  35. 12
  36. 19
  37. −13
  38. −3
  39. −9
  40. 0

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